Ok ,I did not think of that ,
so if I buy a new distributor as listed on ebay ,
I should then be able to just swap the drive gear from the old to new unit ?

Thanks

Kevin

Hold on now, there is more to this. The cam drive gear in the two pictures has the same rotation. The drive gear is not zip zip zip easy to swap out. The little pressed in pin is the easy part in removing or installing the cam gear. The drive gear is pressed on to the distributor shaft, the brand of distributor will more than likely have a diameter specific cam gear (they are not generic shaft size diameter LH and RH gears), and the legnth of the shafts can be different.

After comparing the 2 distributors they appear to be the same. Same gear rotation, same size gear, and same legnth.

That's a good price on the eBay buy it now.

Contact seller for shipping

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Hold on now, there is more to this. The cam drive gear in the two pictures has the same rotation. The drive gear is not zip zip zip easy to swap out. The little pressed in pin is the easy part in removing or installing the cam gear. The drive gear is pressed on to the distributor shaft, the brand of distributor will more than likely have a diameter specific cam gear (they are not generic shaft size diameter LH and RH gears), and the legnth of the shafts can be different.

After comparing the 2 distributors they appear to be the same. Same gear rotation, same size gear, and same legnth.

That's a good price on the eBay buy it now.

Contact seller for shipping

Thanks Kyle again ,

Just waiting on some shipping costs , but with the holidays now here it may slow things up a bit .

Hey Worthing, me and a mate are in the middle of restoring a 2005 XStar, we have the GM 5.7 engine, but very similar to yours. When we stripped our downs it looked not too dissimilar to yours inside. We purchased a new engine from Michigan Motorz in the US, cost $2,300 or so. We also purchased an electrical pack, with new distributor, coil and HT leads. Shipping and taxes was about £800 on top. Way cheaper than from the UK, plus we now have a brand new long block with zero hours.